HAMKA INSIGHT
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2024)

Utilizing an LMS-based feedback repository to encourage continuous student action and feedback uptake

Lovemore Chirubvu (Department of Community and Social Development, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe)
Fanuel Muzerengi (d)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Jun 2024

Abstract

Purpose: This study addresses persistent student non-engagement and mark-centric behaviors by evaluating how a centralized Learning Management System (LMS) feedback repository promotes continuous feedback uptake, dialogic feed-forward processes, and learner agency. Method: Employing a sequential explanatory mixed-methods design, data were gathered from undergraduate and postgraduate students alongside academic staff across several faculties. Automated LMS interaction analytics, DEFT-adapted survey instruments, revision logs, student focus groups, and staff reflections were analyzed using repeated-measures ANOVA, linear regression, and thematic analysis. Findings: Repository implementation significantly increased feedback read duration, revisitation frequency, and action plan submissions. Low-performing students exhibited a substantial surge in feedback revisitation after completing required action prompts. Student feedback literacy scores improved markedly across all dimensions, with repository engagement serving as a significant positive predictor of subsequent academic achievement. Practical implications: The study offers higher education educators and curriculum designers a scalable, technology-mediated framework to disentangle numeric grades from feedback commentary, fostering self-regulated learning and actionable feedback literacy within blended learning environments. Originality/value: This research provides novel empirical evidence on how centralizing multi-source feedback—integrating peer, teacher, and AI-generated insights within LMS architecture—converts episodic commentary into longitudinal feedback spirals.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

hamka

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics Other

Description

HAMKA Insight E-ISSN: 2962-8334, ISSN: 2985-8445, DOI Prefix 10.22236/HAMKA Insight is a peer-reviewed open-access international journal that aims to the sharing, dissemination, and discussion of current trends research results, experience, and perspectives across a wide range of education, ...